869 results for: Performing Arts and Music
Poster
X concert poster, November 13-15, 1981
The early punk band X formed in Los Angeles in 1977 with original members Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom, and D. J. Bonebrake. When X came to Seattle in 1981, they performed at the three venues listed in the poster pictured here: the Showbox at 1426 First Avenue, with the Subhumans and Deans; WREX at 2018 First Avenue, with…
ID Number:2018.86.51
Date:1981
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Black Flag, SWA, and Tom Troccoli's Dog concert poster, August 20, 1985
The poster pictured here is for a concert headlined by Black Flag held at the Thunderbird Gym on Third Avenue North and Mercer Street in Seattle. Black Flag was a punk band from California that was founded in 1976 by guitarist Greg Ginn. This concert was opened by two other California bands with close ties to Black Flag, SWA and…
ID Number:2018.86.53
Date:1985
Poster
Clay Alien concert poster, July 27, 1985
The poster pictured here advertises a show for post-punk band Clay Alien held at UTC Hall at Fifth Avenue North and Aloha Street in Seattle. The art for the poster is signed BCT85, likely the date, and possibly the initials for band member Ben Thompson, who also performed with other local bands such as The Fantods and The Center for…
ID Number:2018.86.55
Date:1985
Poster
The Visible Targets concert poster, circa 1981
The poster pictured here advertises a concert featuring The Visible Targets at WREX, a club in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood from 1979-1982. Local post-punk group The Visible Targets (1979-1985) was made up of Laura Keane, Pamela Golden, Rebecca Hamilton, and Ron Simmons. Caption information source: http://jivetimerecords.com/northwest/wrexCaption information source: http://pnwbands.com/visibletargets.html
ID Number:2018.86.60
Date:Circa 1981
Ephemera
Blackouts and Mental Mannequin concert flier, circa 1981
The card pictured here advertises a show held August 24 at a club in downtown Seattle located at 84 Seneca street, featuring local bands The Blackouts and Mental Mannequin. The Blackouts were a Seattle-based punk band from 1979-1984, founded by Erich Werner, Mike Davidson, Bill Rieflin, and Roland Barker. Metal Mannequin was another local band that played a combination of…
ID Number:2018.86.62
Date:Circa 1981
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Ditto Tavern concert schedule, circa 1987
The Ditto (or Ditto Tavern, or Writer Boy's Ditto Tavern) was a club in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood known for hosting punk and alternative live music. In the twelve years of its existence (1986-1998), the Ditto hosted many of the musicians and bands that would go on to be major players in the Grunge era. The schedule pictured here lists a…
ID Number:2018.86.63
Date:Circa 1987
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Baba Yaga, Girl Trouble, and Paisley Sin concert poster, March 22, 1985
A short-lived Seattle venue now frequently cited as the birthplace of grunge, The Rock Theater, in Seattle at 410 Fifth Avenue South (and later briefly in Lower Queen Anne), actually had two performance spaces: the Omni Room and Gorilla Gardens. Often simply referred to as Gorilla Gardens, the club hosted all-ages shows for out-of-town bands as well as local punk…
ID Number:2018.86.69
Date:1985
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Violent Femmes concert ticket, January 25, 1985
A short-lived Seattle venue now frequently cited as the birthplace of grunge, The Rock Theater, in Seattle at 410 Fifth Avenue South (and later briefly in Lower Queen Anne), actually had two performance spaces: the Omni Room and Gorilla Gardens. Often simply referred to as Gorilla Gardens, the club hosted all-ages shows for out-of-town bands as well as local punk…
ID Number:2018.86.70
Date:1985
Poster
Red Square event poster, February 13, 1987
The poster pictured here advertises an unspecified event to be held on Friday, February 13, probably in 1987, at Red Square on the Seattle campus of the University of Washington. The event informs participants to bring musical instruments to play, and also "remnants of civilization," which were to be destroyed.
ID Number:2018.86.76
Date:1987
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Deep Six Record Release Party poster, March 1986
In 1985, Tina Casale and Chris Hanzsek started a new record label in Seattle, C/Z Records, and made their first record, a compilation of 6 local bands. Released in March 1986, the "Deep Six" compilation received scant attention at the time, but was later recognized as a important recording of the early Seattle music scene, documenting the bands and "punk-meets-metal"…
ID Number:2018.86.113
Date:1986